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Chapter 33 - Deranged 2

Mayne burst out of the bunker before it exploded, Mayne fell to the ground and was badly damaged. He crawled his way to Trd while ACI-D killed the agents. "Mayne and Bolt's conditions are at critical conditions..." the ACI-D returns to cab form and Ted carries their bodies to the car, Ted looked back at the bunker while the car fled the scene, the police arrived but they were too late. Ted looked at Mayne and Bolt, Mayne didn't look too bad despite the car's analysis, saying that he was in critical condition whereas Bolt looked like cooked chicken. "I don't understand why those agents went after our bunker." ACI-D provided him with a theory, "it may be that they're after you and they will be aware of where you will be." Ted found that theory to be not accurate as Ted wasn't intending on returning to the bunker yet. "Even so, they are after you... And that reason must lead to a negative outcome." the car parked near a small bar, "take Bolt and Mayne inside, a friend of mine will help." Mayne told Ted, "I'll be fine walking on my own, the only priority is Bolt..." Ted carried Bolt inside while Mayne pursued behind slowly. As they entered the bar, it didn't look packed, "Is there anything I can do to help you, gentlemen?" The bartender looked at Bolt and told Ted and Mayne to follow him to the basement, and "put him on the bench." The bartender examined Bolt's body, "he's okay for now, he needs his cyber ware replaced with new ones, as for the skin, I'll have Ivana recreate the body's structure and features." Ted felt relieved that Bolt was still alive, "what about him?" The bartender examined Mayne and said, "He's okay but his heart condition is worsened, he might need a replacement and or a second heart." The bartender scratched his back ear and looked unsure. "What's the problem?" Ted asked, "I can fix them but unfortunately, the cyber ware I require is hard to find in this part of town, I would have to go to Nueline but there's that problem as I can't leave my shift and the biggest problem for you is the cost of the whole operation, you'll need this amount..." Ted looked at how much it would be and was shocked by how much it cost, "in this part of the town, nothing is ever easy, they must've taught you that back in rookie school." The bartender was about to leave but Ted had an idea, "what if I collect the things you need and whatever else you need help with, I'm willing to do... Just please save them."

The bartender looked at the desperate Ted, then at Mayne and Bolt, "you must care about these losers for them to survive." Ted responded, "Just because they're losers to everyone else, doesn't mean they're losers to me, they're my friends and I won't let them die because of me." The bartender smiled and agreed to the job, he wrote down some things that he needed and handed them to Ted, "I and Ivana will proceed to fix your friend's body armour while Ivana deals with creating replacements for your buddy over there." Ted thanked the bartender and ran out to get the items. "You've got a determined friend there, reminds me of someone I know." Mayne looked at the bartender with stern eyes and asked, "was this friend of yours killed because he looks like someone?" The bartender injected something into Mayne and Mayne closed his eyes after the needle was removed.

The bartender proceeded to fix the holes and damaged parts of Mayne's skin while his partner Ivana proceeded into scanning Bolt's burnt body and began recreating his body structure. Ivana opened Bolt's skin and replaced it with a new one, making sure that everything was carefully inserted.